Databricks

Chief of Staff to the CMO

Databricks • $221K — $305K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of marketing experience, preferably at the Director level
  • B2B experience in a high-growth software environment
  • Proficiency in AI and experience in marketing transformation
  • Strong analytics and data-driven decision-making skills
  • Extensive experience in strategic and annual planning
  • Proven project management and OKR leadership capabilities
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with senior leadership
  • Experience in organizational structure improvement and process optimization
  • Preferred experience with an Analytic Consulting firm
  • Chief of Staff experience is a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

  • Translate company strategy into Marketing annual plans and strategic initiatives
  • Drive alignment and execution of company and marketing priorities across a large team
  • Lead cross-functional process improvements for efficiency and profitability
  • Accelerate decision-making by managing critical CMO forums and agendas
  • Enhance planning and analytics to improve Marketing ROI in line with growth goals
  • Facilitate CMO communications and executive presentations, including All-Staff meetings

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to employee needs
  • Eligibility for annual performance bonuses
  • Equity options available
  • Support for professional development and training
  • Flexible work arrangements
Full Job Description
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Location: San Francisco, CA

We're looking for a Chief of Staff to the CMO to provide business leadership and establish operational rigor for the Databricks Marketing organization and support our mission to be the leading enterprise Data + AI company. You will develop an understanding of strategic and operational challenges faced by teams and define appropriate solutions to address such challenges. As a member of the leadership team, directly reporting to the CMO, you will extend the reach of the CMO by acting as a strategic advisor to the Marketing leadership team and managing all the critical business operations of the CMO office, including:
  • AI transformation
  • investment stewardship
  • annual strategic planning
  • company priority initiatives
  • marketing priorities
  • cross-functional initiatives
  • executive presentations
  • marketing performance (ROI) management
  • organizational strategy
  • internal marketing communication

The impact you will have:
  • Translate Databricks' company strategy into Marketing annual plans, OKRs, and strategic initiatives
  • Drive marketing alignment and execution by driving company priority and marketing priority initiatives across a 250-person Marketing team
  • Identify and lead cross-functional process improvements that deliver on company-wide efficiency and profitability goals, most notably our AI transformation
  • Accelerate decision-making velocity by owning critical CMO forums (e.g., Marketing leadership, Marketing strategy), running high-impact agendas and follow-through on all action items
  • Increase planning and analytic rigor; improve Marketing ROI and efficiency year-on-year in line with the company's rapid growth goals, and in partnership with Analytics and Finance
  • Drive marketing-wide and cross-functional alignment by driving CMO communications and exec presentations, including driving All-Staff meetings and quarterly business reviews

What we look for:
  • 10+ years of marketing experience, ideally including recent experience at Director level
  • B2B experience working at a dynamic, high-growth software company
  • Proficiency in AI and ideally experience transforming marketing functions with AI
  • Proficiency in analytics and data-driven decision-making
  • Significant experience leading strategic and annual planning
  • Significant project management and OKR leadership skills, with experience in achieving quantifiable results
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and relationship-building skills with Senior Leadership and C-Level
  • Experience in organizational structure improvement and process optimization
  • Experience with an Analytic Consulting firm is preferred
  • Experience as a Chief of Staff nice to have, not essential


Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

Zone 1 Pay Range

$221,900-$305,150 USD

BenefitsAt Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

About Databricks

Databricks is a unified analytics platform that provides data engineering, collaborative data science, and machine learning capabilities. The company was founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, a popular open-source big data processing engine. Databricks provides a cloud-based platform that allows data teams to collaborate and build data pipelines, run machine learning models, and perform advanced analytics. The company has raised over $1 billion in funding and is valued at $38 billion as of November 2021.
Learn more about Databricks
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2013

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